Coat hanger



June 27, 1944. o. L. HORTON COAT HANGER Filed Aug. 3, 1943 INVENTOR.

Patented June 27, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COAT HANGER OsborneL. Horton, Baltimore, Md.

Application August 3, 1943, Serial No. 497,159

1 Claim.

Ihe invention relates to improvements in coat and dress hangers to beused for mens, womens and childrens clothes, and the objects of theimprovement are, first, the total elimination of any and all iron,steel, copper, wire, or other metallic substance, for it may be madeentirely of wood, plastic, or other composition of matter; second, beingmade in two separate parts, they conserve space in shipping, and may becarried in the average size hand-bag; and, third, when in position. on aclothes pole cannot drop to the floor when removing a garment.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is the front view of the hangerwhen assembled; Figure 2 shows the easy method of assembling Figures 3and 4 illustrate the inside view of both parts, and Figures 5 and 6 arethe outside views.

The blade I shown in Figures 4 and 6 is made approximately 4" inthickness and /2 in width. The total width of the upper part 2 isapproximately /2, there being a protrusion of approximately /3 on eachside of the blade.

In Figures 3 and 5 the top 3 is the same width A separable coat hangercomprising only two parts, each part including an elongated shouldersupporting member terminating at one end in a hook-like portion, one ofsaid parts having a slot therethrough adjacent said hook-like portion,the free ends of the hook-like portions having projections adapted tointerlock, said hanger parts being assembled by passing one part throughsaid slot in the other part and interlocking said projections.

OSBORNE L. HORTON.

